Analyzing The GOP Presidential Field's Promise To Repeal The Health Law

Jackie Judd talks with PBS NewsHour’s David Chalian about the GOP presidential candidates’ health law repeal rhetoric, the varying level of nuance among their viewpoints and how each is attacking the President’s – and each other’s – stances.

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<h1>Analyzing The GOP Presidential Field’s Promise To Repeal The Health Law</h1>
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			September 20, 2011		</time>
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<p>Jackie Judd talks with PBS NewsHour’s David Chalian about the GOP presidential candidates’ health law repeal rhetoric, the varying level of nuance among their viewpoints and how each is attacking the President’s – and each other’s – stances.</p><p> You can <a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/Stories/2011/September/20/health-on-the-hill-transcript.aspx">read the transcript</a> or <a href="https://www.kff.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2011/09/092011_khn_hoth_audio.mp3">listen to the audio</a>.</p><p>— Related: <a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/Stories/2011/August/26/GOP-candidate-health-care-platforms.aspx">GOP Presidential Hopefuls: Where They Stand On Health Care</a></p><ul><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/092011-health-on-the-hill/?share=x">				Click to share on X (Opens in new window)				X			</a></li><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/092011-health-on-the-hill/?share=facebook">				Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)				Facebook			</a></li><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/092011-health-on-the-hill/?share=linkedin">				Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)				LinkedIn			</a></li><li><a href="mailto:?subject=%5BShared%20Post%5D%20Analyzing%20The%20GOP%20Presidential%20Field%27s%20Promise%20To%20Repeal%20The%20Health%20Law&body=https%3A%2F%2Fkffhealthnews.org%2Fnews%2F092011-health-on-the-hill%2F&share=email">				Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)				Email			</a></li><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/092011-health-on-the-hill/#print?share=print">				Click to print (Opens in new window)				Print			</a></li><li>				<a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/092011-health-on-the-hill/view/republish/">					Republish This Story				</a>			</li></ul><em><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/about-us">KFF Health News</a> is a national newsroom that produces in-depth journalism about health issues and is one of the core operating programs at KFF—an independent source of health policy research, polling, and journalism. Learn more about <a href="https://www.kff.org/about-us">KFF</a>.</em><p><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/morning-briefing/">Subscribe</a> to KFF Health News' free Morning Briefing.</p><p>This <a target="_blank" href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/092011-health-on-the-hill/">article</a> first appeared on <a target="_blank" href="https://kffhealthnews.org">KFF Health News</a> and is republished here under a Creative Commons license.<img src="https://kffhealthnews.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/04/kffhealthnews-icon.png?w=150" style="width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;"><img id="republication-tracker-tool-source" src="https://kffhealthnews.org/?republication-pixel=true&post=10565&amp;ga4=G-J74WWTKFM0" style="width:1px;height:1px;"></p>

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